Awards/Honors

The Daily Record has announced its 2016 Attorneys of the Year, recognizing 18 members of western New York’s legal community for their outstanding work. The award has two award categories, Leaders in Law and Top Counsel. The Leaders in Law ...

Lou Prieto has been affiliated with Legal Assistance of Western New York (and its predecessor organization Monroe County Legal Assistance Corporation) since 1991. But his public service experience dates back to the late 1970s, when he worked at the U.S. ...

Two teams of accounting students from St. John Fisher College’s School of Business took the top two spots last month in a Deloitte FanTAXtic Regional Competition in Boston. Deloitte invites nearly 100 schools to participate each year in its case ...

Mercury’s health hazards are well-known, so the heating and air conditioning industry is working hard to replace old mercury-containing thermostats with new, electronic units. Distributors and contractors are being offered incentives for explaining to customers the health and environmental benefits ...

The American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession has selected four recipients for its 2016 Spirit of Excellence Award The awards will be presented during a ceremony Feb. 6 at the ABA midyear meeting in ...

Rochester-based Continental Service Group Inc., a provider of accounts receivable management services, was recognized as the top performer by The U.S. Department of the Treasury – Bureau of the Fiscal Service for the quarter ending in September. In 2011, the ...

Judge Donald J. Mark on Saturday received the Monroe County Magistrates Association’s 2015 James E. Morris Award at its annual dinner on Saturday at The City Grill in Rochester. Judge Mark, who has been a judge in state Supreme Court, ...

The KeyBank Foundation recently announced a grant of $15,000 to Rochester Prep High School, which will help the school prepare students for thriving futures. Rochester Prep High School, part of the Uncommon Schools charter school network, is dedicated to readying ...

Five attorneys who help make the words of the Constitution’s preamble come alive, as Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. put it, were honored Wednesday at the 25th annual Western District of New York Federal Court dinner. Judge Geraci recognized ...

Several community leaders, young people and philanthropists committed to improving the lives of children and teenagers in the community were honored Monday at The Center for Youth’s annual meeting at The Strong Museum.Awarded were Chuck Cuminale Youth Advocate Awards, created ...

NEW YORK — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is among four people who have been awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards. The awards were presented Tuesday night in New York City. The other winners were Dance ...